WE ARE CROWDFUNDING....

We are taking the Green Glass Recycling Initiative - Lebanon (GGRIL) to the next level of self sustainability.  We are crowdfunding to buy a pickup truck.  Your help is highly appreciated. Please click on image below for more info.

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/green-glass-recycling-initiative-lebanon-ggril/x/454318



GGRIL Green Glass Recycling Initiative for Lebanon - Animation

Animation created by Nadine Yamout & Marie Christine Melhem of The Brightside Design Studio - Beirut, Lebanon

 

 

Without the help of our friends we wouldn't have been able to launch #GGRIL. The latest talent to join the effort is Nadine Yamout & Marie Christine Melhem from The Brightside Studio in Beirut who created this marvelous video animation telling the how's and why's of the #Green #Glass #Recycling Initiative for #Lebanon. Please share and help us spread the word.

 

Taking part in the effort of launching GGRIL:

Cedar Environmental

Sicomo Paper Recycling

Wonder 8

Fan Attiba'a

Diana & Sabine Maatouk Design

The Brightside Design Studio

GGRIL Products available at these outlets:
-Plan Bey, Mar Mikhael, Achrafieh 01-444110
-Tawlet Restaurant, Mar Mikhael Achrafieh 01-448129
-Dar Bistro, Wardieh Hamra 01-373348
-Platform 39, Fassouh Achrafieh 03-719381
-The Bayrut Express, Sassine Square Achrafieh 03-239756
-The AUB Museum Shop, Bliss Hamra 01-340549
-Vide Posh, Main Badaro Street Badaro 03-228225
-Healthy Steps, Adonis 09-217198 / 03-746055

 

 

 



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SARAFAND, Lebanon: With the oven ablaze melting shattered glass in the workshop and the nearby store abuzz with curious customers, it is hard to imagine that just a few months ago Lebanon’s last glass blower was about to close shop for good. [read more]

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Press coverage of GGRIL:

 

DailyStar - Beirut : From used and shattered glass to works of art. By Brooke Anderson

 

L'Orient-LeJour - Beyrouth: Au Liban, une initiative recyclage intelligente et design. Anne Ilcinkas

 

The Cultural Thing - UK: The Art of Recycling Glass in Lebanon. By Gary Sullivan

 

Rasseef22 - Pan Arab Online Publication: Recycling Traditions in Lebanon. By Kaylyn Hlavaty

 

Eco-Terrorism - TV Program: BAAL Collection Green Glass Recycling Initiative. By Aly Sleem.

 

NOW - Online Publication: Bottles Up!! Beirut upcycling initiatives tackle Lebanon's waste problems. By Alberto Mucci

Official Facebook page of GGRIL: Green Glass Recycling Initiative - Lebanon